This order shall be applicable to articles entered by consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after August 1, 1946

If you will all come by here, I will be glad to shake hands with each one of you.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitute and laws of the United States, and particularly by Title 1 of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), I hereby extend the provisions of Executive…

For these reasons, I feel obliged to withhold my approval of this measure.

I must request your assistance in a most serious fiscal situation.

The Federal Government should not compete with private industry for scarce materials, neither should it compete in any area for scarce labor.

In order to carry out the above program of curtailment of public works, the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion will issue a directive providing that for a period of sixty days, until October 1, 1946, there will be a moratorium…

I am convinced that this modification in program can be accomplished without impairing our effective defense.

Accordingly, it is my desire that all postponable public works be deferred until private demands for goods and services slacken off.

It is therefore essential that the expenditures of the Federal Government stay within the estimates of expenditures transmitted to the Congress in the January Budget.

I do hereby proclaim Wednesday, August 14, 1946, as Victory Day; and I direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings.

I don't know the exact figure.

It's off the record entirely.

I call upon the people of the United States to observe Victory Day as a day of solemn commemoration of the devotion of the men and women by whose sacrifices victory was achieved.

No, we haven't made an estimate on that.

It's nice to talk about making reductions, but it's hell to do it! [Laughter]

They are going to be made, or we'll break somebody's neck.

We want you to be entirely clear in your mind about this, so that is the reason why we have this special phone number that you can call over weekend.